It's Been A Long Time!!!

Wow, it has been a really long time since I have posted a blog (sorry about that), but I guess no news is good news. Lets see where do I start...

Well, Emma has been doing really well and we still have not had any hospital visits in a really long time (well over a year), we are still having issues with her not wanting to eat, but I really think that she is just being a difficult eater. She is still under weight, about 27lbs (she has been this weight for awhile now) and will be turning 3 in June... Unfortunately there is not much for us to do unless she stops eating all together and we do not want to go down that road at all; so for now we will just give her fatty stuff as much as we can and use supplements for the rest. We do have a cardiology appointment coming up on the 1st of April so we will find out more then, but I know she is doing amazingly... I do think here in the next year or so we will start the surgical process again (it could be sooner or later depending on how her heart function is), but we where told three is usually the magic number for all these wonderful kiddos... So for now we just wait, see and watch this amazing little girl grow...

As you my know my little man just turned four... I still can't get over how much he has matured in the last couple of months, he is talking so much better and seems to be getting out of that toddler stage and into that big boy stage. He tells me every day that he is big now and can do anything... Oh how I wish they could stay little forever... I could not be more excited to say that he is officially fully potty trained. I started to wonder if he was going to be wearing pull-ups to kindergarten, but one day he just decided to put on big boy pants and use the big potty (it was amazing,lol). He is doing so awesome in school (the two days a week him and Emma go), actually they just told me yesterday that he is doing so well that they moved him into the preschool class early (he was not suppose to go till August). Nickolas and I went to San Antonio this past weekend and had an awesome time together (since Emma graced us with her presence he has not had very many one on ones with Mommy), it was really good for the both of us to spend some quality time together. Let me just say that I am sooo proud of him, he had such a hard time with speech and stuff, but now you would never know...

Katelyn is also doing really well and getting to be such a little lady... Unfortunately we don't get to see her as often as we would like, but when we do we find out how much of an amazing little lady she is becoming. She is doing great in school and excels in all her classes. She is in that awkward stage, you know the one, the one where she wants to be a "big girl", but also wants to little. Bless her little heart, I wish I could make everything better for her, she is having a hard time not understanding why we can't all live together as one "big" family (her Daddy, me and her Mommy), I know I went through the same thing when I was little. It will just take some time and lots of love from us. She starts spring break next week and is very excited about having a week off and being able to play with her friends and maybe doing some fun stuff. I just can't believe that she is going to be eight in just a few short months...

As for me and Josh, it is just the same ol' same ol'. We are hoping that in the next couple of months he will be moving to days and leaving the night shift far behind. It will be such a blessing to have some what of a normal family life again. I know the kids truly enjoy when there Daddy is here to help put them to bed (Mommy enjoys having an extra set of hands). He has been on days for this week, but will be going back to nights next week, I have loved having him home in the evening and all of us being able to sit at the table and having a meal together, I forget how much I miss the little things when he is not here... Other than that we just go about our daily routines with nothing really new to report... I will try and update everyone after Emma's cardiology appointment on the 1st...

Thanks for checking up on us, lots of hugs and kisses... New pictures to coming soon!!!